NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

dh_makeshlibs is a debhelper program that automatically scans for
shared libraries, and generates a shlibs file for the libraries it
finds.
It also adds a call to ldconfig in the postinst and postrm scripts (in
V3 mode and above only) to any packages in which it finds shared
libraries.
If a dpkg-gensymbols(1) symbol file is found in debian/package.symbols
(or debian/package.symbols.arch), dpkg-gensymbols will be called to
process and install the symbols file.

OPTIONS

-mmajor, --major=major
Instead of trying to guess the major number of the library with
objdump, use the major number specified after the -m parameter.
This is much less useful than it used to be, back in the bad old
days when this program looked at library filenames rather than
using objdump.
-V, -Vdependencies--version-info, --version-info=dependencies
By default, the shlibs file generated by this program does not make
packages depend on any particular version of the package containing
the shared library. It may be necessary for you to add some version
dependancy information to the shlibs file. If -V is specified with
no dependency information, the current upstream version of the
package is plugged into a dependency that looks like "packagename
(>= packageversion)". Note that in debhelper compatibility levels
before v4, the debian part of the package version number is also
included. If -V is specified with parameters, the parameters can be
used to specify the exact dependency information needed (be sure to
include the package name).
Beware of using -V without any parameters; this is a conservative
setting that always ensures that other packages’ shared library
dependencies are at least as tight as they need to be (unless your
library is prone to changing ABI without updating the upstream
version number), so that if the maintainer screws up then they
won’t break. The flip side is that packages might end up with
dependencies that are too tight and so find it harder to be
upgraded.
-n, --noscripts
Do not modify postinst/postrm scripts.
-Xitem, --exclude=item
Exclude files that contain "item" anywhere in their filename or
directory from being treated as shared libraries.
--add-udeb=udeb
Create an additional line for udebs in the shlibs file and use
"udeb" as the package name for udebs to depend on instead of the
regular library package.
--params
Pass "params" to dpkg-gensymbols(1).